Method and Apparatus for Coupling the Internet, Environment and Intrinsic Memory to Users

ABSTRACT

A Personal Memory Drive provides a system using memory and its database and kept in their personal possession. The database is segregated by firewalls to partition information into a public, a semi-private, a private section using firewalls. A PC accessed by the drive partitions the computer into segments thereby shadowing the drive segments. The drive allows private, local, and global databases to be searched and the results of the search snippets can be provided to the user. This search activity can be occurring during active conversations with others. The search analysis can also use sentence diagramming to partition the dialogue. The returned snippets can be filtered and processed by brain sensors coupled to the user. The device can aid the user where these search snippets can be used to enhance the conversation where some individuals of the party would not be aware of the aided help given to the user.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a continuation of the U.S. patent applicationentitled “Method and Apparatus for Coupling the Internet, Environmentand Intrinsic Memory to Users” filed on Jan. 16, 2019 with Ser. No.16/248,967 which is a continuation of the U.S. patent applicationentitled “Method and Apparatus for Coupling the Internet. Environmentand Intrinsic Memory to Users” filed on Mar. 10, 2015 with Ser. No.14/642,853 which are all invented by the same inventor as the presentapplication and are all incorporated herein by reference in theirentireties.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Computers are used in everyday life to seek information by typing insearch phrases, viewing the results on the screen of a computer, anditeratively continuing the search process until an answer that issatisfying occurs. The searching is performed on the Internet usingsearch tools such as GOOGLE™, BING™, or YAHOO™.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Various embodiments and aspects of the disclosures will be describedwith reference to details discussed below, and the accompanying drawingswill illustrate the various embodiments. Some diagrams are not drawn toscale. The following description and drawings are illustrative of thedisclosure and are not to be construed as limiting the disclosure.Numerous specific details are described to provide a thoroughunderstanding of various embodiments of the present disclosure. However,in certain instances, well-known or conventional details are notdescribed in order to provide a concise discussion of the embodiments ofthe present disclosures.

These searches look for extrinsic data that is found on the Internet.This is basically any new information that the user is seeking, orinformation that the user once possessed but has forgotten. Theinformation that the user has viewed but before the user had forgottencan be stored locally. When the search result shows up, the user can usethese results advantageously knowing that the user had queried thisinformation at an earlier date.

This disclosure helps to overcome this shortcoming in current systemsfor searching in databases that are extrinsic as found on the Internet.At least one additional database that is personal and intrinsic isformed and associated with the user or owner of the personal andintrinsic database. This database can be stored in memory that is localand personal called a Personal Memory Drive. This personal memory andits database can be carried by the user (owner) and kept in theirpersonal possession. The memory can be encrypted and locked withfailsafe locking software (codes, AES-256 bit encryption, bodybiometrics [iris print, fingerprint, brain waves, voice control, bodyodor detection, sweat analysis, breathing on the memory, etc.], bodymovements, etc.) or a physical manipulation of the device (spin 5 timesone way then twice another way, squeezing the device, knock the deviceon tabletop 5 times, etc.) or a combination of any of the previousprocedures to unlock the memory for access by the owner. If the memoryis lost or falls into the wrong hands, the unlocking procedures toaccess the memory would prevent the other user from gaining memoryaccess.

Another embodiment includes a security measure to perform aself-destruct of at least the personal database within a physicaldevice. The personal database can contain, among other things:passwords; credit card information; medical data; favorite personalwebsites; personal private behavior trends; etc. If the memory is storedin Personal Memory Drive, the device can detect one of several caseswhen a separation between the Personal Memory Drive and the owneroccurs. The device and owner leave together from a location (properownership), the device leaves while owner remains (potentially stolendevice), the owner leaves while the device stays (owner forgot), and theowner leaves while the device stays wherein the device moves at a latertime (device found by someone). If the Personal Memory Drive is stolen,a GPS detects the displacement, and downloads the sensitive content tothe Internet over a communication protocol using a Secure Protocol. Thedevice then writes over the entire memory database within the device toinsure that recovery of the data from the memory database is notpossible. The communication protocol could be any IEEE wireless accessstandard available in the vicinity. If the device is left behind, amessage can be sent to the owner to tell them that the device was leftat the given location. If the device is being accessed or moved, theremoval protocol to delete the memory can begin. The user (owner)carries an RFID strip in their wallet where the Personal Memory Driveperiodically interfaces with the RFD strip letting the Personal MemoryDrive know that the owner and Personal Memory Drive share the samephysical space.

A further embodiment allows the user to leave a second Personal MemoryDrive in a secure place near or within their home. The first and secondPersonal Memory Drives communicates with each other when the distancebetween them is less than the distance of an IEEE wireless communicationprotocol. For example, Wi-Fi would have a range of 100 meters, while aWiGig channel would have a range within a room. The range of WiGig canbe extended by forming a network within the home. When the secondPersonal Memory Drive is in the vicinity of the first Personal MemoryDrive at the home, the user has a great likelihood that these twodevices will be within range of each. At these times, the contentbetween the two can be compared and updated as required. The secondPersonal Memory Drive provides the backup in case the first PersonalMemory Drive is lost, or stolen, and cannot be backed up wirelessly.

Another embodiment offers a second option for storing the memory withina Personal Memory Drive. Here the memory can also be globally availableand would be protected by keeping the memory encrypted with failsafelocking system such as AES-256 bit encryption which insures that thememory will not be compromised. These databases are stored on a servercoupled to the Internet and can be accessed via an encryption key, codewords, or passwords or a combination of all of the failsafe lockingsoftware techniques mentioned earlier. This database being bothintrinsic as well as extrinsic offers additional search capabilitiesthat were not available when the database was purely extrinsic. However,hackers can at times penetrate these databases without being given thepermission. A database that is located in the Internet is more exposedto attack from other users, rather than, a database that is physicallylocated with the owner. The owner can manipulate a switch on the deviceto absolutely block any access to the databases, including the ownerhimself. The switch physically disconnects a conduction path between thememory and any access port of the device. Virtually, it would beimpossible to access the memory when the switch is in this state.However, keeping the database on the server allows access when the userforgets to bring or carry their Personal Memory Drive.

Hacking is an activity that users without permission seek to obtaininformation from restricted databases or memories. These databases areencrypted and protected by passwords in an effort to insure that thedatabase is never compromised. However, hackers are persistent, clever,and diligent in their efforts and sometimes manage to break intodatabases that are restricted to them.

One of the embodiments of this disclosure allows the locally availablememory or Personal Memory Drive to have an appearance of somethingsimilar to a memory stick. It would be small, portable, easy to carry ina pocket or purse, and readily available when needed. The modifiedmemory stick will also have at least one firewall partition or aphysical switch controlled by the owner. The firewalls can segregateinformation into a plurality of sections, while the switch can be usedto isolate memory sections from one another. These various sections canbe given privileges that allow others to view all, some, or none of thecontents of one or more sections. For example, one section allows otherusers to search this particular database, another section allows onlyspecified users to search the database, and there are sections whichremain absolutely private where no one can enter to see what iscontained inside the database other than the user (owner). The latterdatabase contains the private matters of the user that the user does notwant to share with anyone, for example: passwords; credit cardinformation; medical data; favorite personal websites; personal privatebehavior trends; etc.

The physical switch and/or firewall being local within the PersonalMemory Drive offers some benefits over the database within the serverlocated on the Internet in one embodiment of the disclosure. The userhas more control of the database within the memory stick than that ofthe database on the server since the user has a greater control of thePersonal Memory Drive when the owner is in possession of the device.

Another embodiment regarding the locality of the Personal Memory Driveis that the device offers a greater control by the owner to preventhackers from accessing their database. For instance, removing thePersonal Memory Drive from the computer or disabling the wirelessinterface to the Personal Memory Drive insures that the Personal MemoryDrive cannot be accessed. Another barrier to entry is inserting aphysical switch in the Personal Memory Drive that placed in one positiondisconnect some or all sections of the intrinsic memory from all of theworldwide interface while another position of the switch allows some ofthe intrinsic memory to be shared. However, the second case wouldinclude addition failsafe mechanisms such as encryption coding,passwords etc. that would be required before the contents of theintrinsic memory can be revealed. In addition, a record of all transfersare stored providing the date, time, contents exposed, etc. of all dataaccesses that occurred to and from the intrinsic memory within thememory stick. This record of transfers in and out of the device can bechecked to see if the system has been breached.

Another embodiment insures security by partitioning the user's computerinto segments thereby shadowing the Personal Memory Drive segments. Thecomputer would have an extrinsic interface segment that interacts withthe internet and at least one additional segment that is isolated fromthe extrinsic interface called the intrinsic interface. A firewallexists between the intrinsic interface and the extrinsic interface whichisolates the intrinsic section from the extrinsic section. Now, thereare two parallel failsafe mechanisms in place. The computer and PersonalMemory Drive are both partitioned. The partitioning of the computer canbe controlled by the instructions contained within the Personal MemoryDrive. In this case, the hacker needs to penetrate at least two layersto get to the intrinsic database. The first layer being the computerinterface, the second layer being the memory interface. Both the memoryand the computer can each contain more than one firewall interface.

Another embodiment of the disclosure describes how intrinsic memory orPersonal Memory Drive can be divided into a public, a semi-private, aprivate section using firewalls. The public memory can be shared withothers, the semi-private memory with selected individuals, and theprivate memory with no one else. The later contains the privateinformation of the user or owner. The content within these differentmemory divisions can be used to make decisions with oneself, decisionswith another, and decisions among several individuals, decisions withanother while excluding a third individual (even though the thirdindividual is present), or decisions with another while excluding theother from knowing that the user or owner has access to data that theother does not have. This later situation can occur if the PersonalMemory Drive is inserted and hidden into the ear canal of the owner.

A further embodiment is where the intrinsic memory would be within thePersonal Memory Drive as mentioned earlier, but the Personal MemoryDrive will be enhanced with more than just a memory stick (a memorystorage device) that all of us are familiar with. It would be a PersonalMemory Drive comprises a server interface, display interface, aprocessing engine, a local search engine, a local server or database,various memories (Flash, RAM, ROM), transducers, transceivers, smalldisplay screen, and operating systems. The Personal Memory Drive canfunction as a miniature computer that can be placed in a pocket or eveninto the ear canal. The operating system manages the hardware andsoftware resources of the system, provides services for computerprograms, and insures that the system functions properly.

The Personal Memory Drive can be partitioned internally within thedevice as a Public Memory Drive and a Private Memory Drive in anotherembodiment of the disclosure. The Public Memory Drive interfaces withthe Private Memory Drive, the Internet, another computer, or anotherPersonal Memory Drive. The Private Memory Drive interacts with thePublic Memory Drive though a firewall or protective layer. The PublicMemory Drive comprises a server interface, a processing engine, a publicsearch engine, a local server or database, various memories (Flash, RAM,ROM), transducers, transceivers, and operating systems. The firewallcouples the Public Memory Drive to the Private Memory Drive whichcomprises a private processing engine, a private search engine, aprivate local server or database, various private memories (Flash, RAM,ROM), transducers, transceivers, and a personal operating system. ThePrivate Memory Drive and its contents are private and can be shared withthe Internet using the Public Memory Drive as an interface.

The Personal Memory Drive can be physically partitioned into twoseparate devices in another embodiment. The Public Memory Drive would beconnected to the Private Memory Drive either wirelessly, or in somecases, wired. This allows the two individual pieces of Personal MemoryDrive to be placed near different parts of the user's body. One case isto place the Public Memory Drive in a pocket or purse, while the PrivateMemory Drive can be placed near or in the vicinity of the ear. ThePrivate Memory Drive can be embedded within eye-glasses, formed to fitwithin the external portion of the ear, or shaped to fit within the earcanal preventing it to be seem by others. The Public Memory Driveinterfaces wirelessly with the internet, a local computer, anotherPersonal Memory Drive which in turn interfaces to the internet. ThePublic Memory Drive also interfaces with the Private Memory Drivewirelessly. The Personal Memory Drive communicates with the owner viathe response of transducers that create: sound; vibrations; temperature;movement (MEMS); light (LED); voltage (brain waves); etc. The sound canbe transmitted through air to the ear sensory organ, through bone andflesh to the ear sensory organ, or a combination of both. Vibrations,temperature, or movement applied to the human body can be felt. Lightcan be seen. Voltage can be used to detect or excite brain wavestimulus.

Both devices: the Private Memory Drive and Public Memory Drive can havetransducers to receive and produce sound in another embodiment of thedisclosure. The user can wear the Private Memory Drive within the earcanal hidden from view and the Public Memory Drive can be placed in apocket. As the user or others speak, both devices detect the voice andanalyze the contents. The speech is converted to text. Private, local,and global databases can be searched and the results of the searchsnippets can be provided to the user. Snippets are small samples ofcontent in a webpage that can be indicative of the content of thatwebpage. A text to speech block uses the readable text of the contentand provides the information from snippets to the user to enhance theirknowledge. This activity can be occurring during conversations withothers or when the user is alone and in concentration.

The text of the speech can be segregated into nouns, verbs, adjective,adverbs and other parts of a sentence in another embodiment of thedisclosure. In addition, the analysis can also use sentence diagramming(Reed-Kellogg system) to determine the structure of the sentence. Thebase terms of the diagram comprises the subject, predicate, verb, directobject, or predicate noun of the sentence which can be identified fromthe sentence diagramming. Some of these primary keywords can be selectedfrom the base terms and used as search terms that can be applied to thevarious databases; private, local, or global. The secondary keyword isthe adjectives and adverbs. The analysis can also use phase structure ordependency grammar to form trees and use these trees to extract searchterms by using the constituency relation.

The selected parts of the sentence, or base keywords, are presented tothe search engines of the Private Memory Drive, Public Memory Drive, andthe one in the Internet (GOOGLE™, BING™, or YAHOO™) in anotherembodiment of the disclosure. The search engines used in the PrivateMemory Drive and Public Memory Drive can specially designed, derivedfrom the search engines available in the Internet, or use the same codeas the search engines in the Internet. On the Personal Memory Drive, asearch can occur over one or all of the segments of the Personal MemoryDrive.

The Private Memory Drive and Public Memory Drive can search theirinternal database while the Public Memory Drive, in addition, searchesthe Internet for some of the key words in another embodiment. Theresults, if any, from each of the segments is combined with the searchresults from the Internet. The returned snippets can be stored in atextual format (or converted into speech and stored in a speech format).The snippets from the Public Memory Drive which contains the results ofthe local database and the internet are transferred (wirelessly, forexample) to the Private Memory Drive within the ear canal of the user.The snippets are converted from text to sound and applied to thetransducers. The transducers within the Private Memory Drive apply thestimulus (sound, vibrations, etc.) to ear canal which can be sensed(heard, felt, etc.) by the user.

Not all snippets are necessarily heard by the user. A filtering processcan be used where a portion of the snippets are heard in anotherembodiment. The filtering process can be determined by the PersonalMemory Drive which can use moments of silence in the conversation totransfer the snippets to the user so the user does not lose contentwithin the active conversation that is occurring. The filtering processcan also be controlled by brain waves of the user which the PersonalMemory Drive can sense. For example, the Private Memory Drive placed inthe ear canal can use brain sensor transducers that can allowcommunication with the user. Some of the relatively inexpensive brainsensors use electroencephalography (EEG), electrocorticography (ECoG),and single-neuron recordings. These sensors can be placed near thesurface of the Private Memory Drive and placed in contact with the earcanal. The user can then signal to the Private Memory Drive to voicemore snippets into the ear canal when the user is on top of the activeconversation and requires more information that the user feels can beused to add content to the ongoing active conversation.

Another embodiment of filtering can be overwriting snippets with newersnippets if the conversation is proceeding faster than the system cancreate the snippets. As the conversation is changing, some of the oldersnippet results pertain to conversations that have since expired. Inorder to stay on top of the conversation, these older snippets can beover written.

The intrinsic memory can be used to make decisions with oneself incombination with the database content of the Internet, database contentof a local computer and with the various divided sections of theintrinsic memory when performing a search of a term, word, thing, oritem of interest in another embodiment. The device behaves as a personalassistant. For instance, the user in isolation can perform a search ofterms verbally worded in private: “patent” “last week” “discussion withJohn Titan” by wording out these terms so that the Personal Memory Drivewill hear these sounds, convert them to text, and perform a search overthe private and local database. These databases have stored thediscussion with John Titan from a week ago and can locate the particularpatent from the week before. The Private Memory Drive provides detailsof that particular patent or patents to the user by providing somedetails of the patent, such as, patent number, issue date, an abstractof the patent, an independent claim, etc.

In another embodiment of the disclosure, if the user performed thesearch of terms verbally worded in private: “patent” “last week”“discussion with John Titan” by wording out these terms so that thePersonal Memory Drive will hear these sounds, convert them to text, andperform a search over the private and local database while the user issitting near a computer, the Personal Memory Drive can communicatewirelessly with the computer and instruct the computer to display thepatent or patents on the screen. Now the user can peruse the patents forthe particular item the user desired. Thus, the results of the verbalsearch can be displayed on a computer that is in contact with thePersonal Memory Drive.

The intrinsic memory can be used to make decisions while in discussionswith others within a room in another embodiment. The Private MemoryDrive and the Public Memory Drive can listen to an active conversation,perform a search within its various databases, listen to some of thesnippets, and use these snippets to enhance the conversation. ThePrivate Memory Drive and the Public Memory Drive can be hidden from viewof the remaining participants in the discussion (an incognito state),thus the other participants will not know the user is being aided by thesearch engine operations that the Personal Memory Drive is performing.The user can superficially seem to be a smarter person by using thePersonal Memory Drive.

When the discussions include three or more individuals, two of the partycan be wearing their own Private Memory Drives and the Public MemoryDrives in an incognito state and control and manipulate the discussionparticularly if this is a business meeting in another embodiment. ThePrivate Memory Drive and the Public Memory Drive of the two users canfurthermore communicate with each other to cause a more favorabledecision in the business discussion. The remaining individuals of theparty would not be aware of the aided help those in the incognito stateare being provided.

Another embodiment relates to a Personal Memory Drive for a conversationcomprising: a personal memory drive coupled to an owner; wherein thepersonal memory drive is configured to transmit search terms extractedfrom the conversation to at least one database and is configured toreceive search results from the at least one database; and a text tospeech translator configured to convert the search results to a searchresult speech, wherein of the search result speech, at least one snippetis configured to be heard by the owner. The apparatus, wherein thesnippet is configured to be generated during the conversation betweenthe owner and others, wherein the snippet is configured to be heard bythe owner during a period of silence in the conversation or during aperiod of concentration of the owner that is sensed by a brain wavetransducer in the personal memory drive that is in contact with an earcanal of the owner, wherein the personal memory drive is inserted withinan ear canal of the owner, wherein the personal memory drive can behidden from view, wherein the at least one database is selected from thegroup consisting of a private database available only to the owner, apublic database available to other users selected by the owner and anInternet database available to anyone, wherein the personal memory driveis configured to communicate with other personal memory drives owned byother users, other PCs, and the Internet. The apparatus furthercomprising: at least one local search engine configured to search atleast one local memory, wherein the at least one local memory isconfigured to have at least one local database; and at least one localserver serving the at least one local database, wherein a dialogue ofthe conversation is heard by the owner: a reply to the dialogue isthought out by the owner after integrating both the dialogue and the atleast one snippet from the total search speech, wherein the reply isadded to the conversation by the owner. The apparatus furthercomprising: at least one transceivers to interface wirelessly to otherpersonal memory drives, other PCs, and the Internet; and one of moreoperating systems configured to manage the hardware and softwareresources of the system, provide services for computer programs, andinsure that the system functions properly; at least one transducerconfigured to sense voltage, electromagnetic, electrochemical,electromechanical, electroacoustic, or electro-optical signals; at leastone a server interface configured to interface to other servers; and atleast one processing engine.

Another embodiment relates to a Personal Memory Drive comprising: aprivate memory drive coupled to an owner; and a public memory drivewirelessly coupled to the private memory drive, wherein the publicmemory drive is configured to transmit search terms to the Internet andis configured to receive global search results from the Internet,wherein the public memory drive is configured to transmit the searchterms to its public database and is configured to receive public searchresults from its public database, wherein the private memory drive isconfigured to transmit the search terms to its private database and isconfigured to receive private search results from its private database,wherein the public and global search results received by the publicmemory drive are transmitted to the private memory drive, wherein allsearch results are combined into a total search result; and a text tospeech translator configured to convert the total search result to atotal search speech, wherein of the total search speech at least onesnippet is configured to be heard by the owner. The apparatus whereinthe snippet is configured to be generated during a conversation betweenthe owner and others, wherein the snippet is configured to be heard bythe owner during a period of silence in a conversation or during aperiod of concentration of the owner that is sensed by a brain wavetransducer in the personal memory drive that is in contact with the earcanal of the owner, wherein the private memory drive is inserted withinthe ear canal of the owner, wherein the private memory drive can behidden from view, wherein the conversation is occurring between theowner and at least one other person selected from the group consistingof a person sharing a room with the owner, a person sharing a telephonecall with the owner and a person not aware the owner is being aided bythe PMD, wherein the personal memory drive is configured to communicatewith other personal memory drives, other PCs, and the Internet. Theapparatus further comprising: at least one local search engineconfigured to search at least one local memory, wherein the at least onelocal memory is configured to have at least one local database; and atleast one local server comprising the at least one local database. Theapparatus further comprising: at least one transceivers to interfacewirelessly to other personal memory drives, other PCs, and the Internet;and one of more operating systems configured to manage the hardware andsoftware resources of the system, provide services for computerprograms, and insure that the system functions properly; at least onetransducer configured to sense voltage, electromagnetic,electrochemical, electromechanical, electroacoustic, or electro-opticalsignals; at least one a server interface configured to interface toother servers; and at least one processing engine, wherein a dialogue ofthe conversation is heard by the owner; a reply to the dialogue isthought out by the owner after integrating both the dialogue and the atleast one snippet from the total search speech, wherein the reply isadded to the conversation by the owner, wherein a dialogue of theconversation is heard by the owner; a reply to the dialogue is thoughtout by the owner after integrating both the dialogue and the at leastone snippet from the total search speech, wherein the reply is added tothe conversation by the owner.

Another embodiment relates to a Personal Memory Drive comprising: aprivate memory drive coupled to an owner, and a public memory drivecoupled to the private memory drive, wherein the public memory drive isconfigured to transmit search terms to a first database and isconfigured to receive first search results from the first database,wherein the public memory drive is configured to transmit the searchterms to its own database and is configured to receive second searchresults from its own database, wherein the first and second searchresults received by the public memory drive are transmitted to theprivate memory drive, wherein the first and second search results arecombined into a total search result; and a text to speech translatorconfigured to convert the total search result to a total search speech,wherein of the total search speech at least one snippet is configured tobe heard by the owner. The apparatus wherein the snippet is configuredto be generated during a conversation between the owner and others,wherein the snippet is configured to be heard by the owner during aperiod of silence in a conversation or during a period of concentrationof the owner that is sensed by a brain wave transducer in the personalmemory drive that is in contact with the ear canal of the owner, whereinthe private memory drive is inserted within the ear canal of the owner,wherein the private memory drive can be hidden from view, wherein the atleast one database is selected from the group consisting of a privatedatabase available only to the owner, a public database available toother users selected by the owner and a Internet database available toanyone, wherein the personal memory drive is configured to communicatewith other personal memory drives, other PCs, and the Internet. Theapparatus further comprising: at least one local search engineconfigured to search at least one local memory, wherein the at least onelocal memory is configured to have at least one local database; and atleast one local server comprising the at least one local database. Theapparatus further comprising: at least one transceivers to interfacewirelessly to other personal memory drives, other PCs, and the Internet;and one of more operating systems configured to manage the hardware andsoftware resources of the system, provide services for computerprograms, and insure that the system functions properly; at least onetransducer configured to sense voltage, electromagnetic,electrochemical, electromechanical, electroacoustic, or electro-opticalsignals; at least one a server interface configured to interface toother servers; and at least one processing engine, wherein a dialogue ofthe conversation is heard by the owner; a reply to the dialogue isthought out by the owner after integrating both the dialogue and the atleast one snippet from the total search speech, wherein the reply isadded to the conversation by the owner.

Another embodiment relates to a Personal Memory Drive configured tooperate in a conversation comprising: a private memory drive with afirst speech to text convertor, wherein the private memory drive iscoupled to an owner; a public memory drive with a second speech to textconvertor and coupled to both the private memory drive and the Internet,wherein the first speech to text convertor and second speech to textconvertor are configured to translate the conversation into a first textand a second text, respectively; a first search engine coupled to theprivate memory drive and configured to search in a first database of atleast one search term extracted from the first text; a second searchengine coupled to the public memory drive and configured to search in atleast one or more other databases of the at least one search termextracted from the second text, wherein a first search result from theat least one or more other databases is transferred to the privatememory drive and a second search result from the first database arecombined into a total search result; and a text to speech convertor inthe private memory drive converter configured to convert at least onesnippet of the total search result to speech, wherein the at least onesnippet of speech is configured to be heard by the owner. The apparatus,wherein the at least one or more databases includes a database in thepublic memory drive and a database of the Internet, wherein at least oneperson in the conversation is not coupled to any databases, wherein theat least one snippet of speech is configured to be heard by the ownerduring a period of silence in a conversation or during a period ofconcentration of the owner that is sensed by a brain wave transducer inthe personal memory drive that is in contact with the ear canal of theowner, wherein the personal memory drive is inserted within the earcanal of the owner, wherein the personal memory drive can be hidden froma view of others in the conversation. The apparatus wherein the at leastone snippet of speech heard by the owner is integrated into a thought ofthe owner, the result of which is added into the conversation by theowner, wherein the at least one snippet of speech heard by the owner isadded into the conversation by the owner, wherein an analysis based on asentence diagram determines the structure of at least one sentence inthe first text and the second text, wherein the at least one search termis extracted from base terms of the sentence diagram of the at least onesentence, wherein the base terms comprises the subject, predicate, verb,direct object, or predicate noun of the at least one sentence

Another embodiment relates to a Personal Memory Drive comprising: amultilayer board with at least one chip connected to the multilayerboard; an accessible positive power lead and an accessible negativepower lead coupled to the multilayer board; at least one transducerconfigured to sense voltage, electromagnetic, electrochemical,electromechanical, electroacoustic, or electro-optical signals; at leastone antenna; at least one magnet; a private memory drive, wherein theprivate memory drive stores a private database accessible only by anowner of the personal memory drive; a public memory drive stores publicdatabase that can be shared with others and is coupled to both theprivate memory drive and the Internet; a private search engineconfigured to search the private database; and a public search engineconfigured to search the public database and the Internet, wherein atleast one snippet of all search results is provided to the owner. Theapparatus further comprising: an auxiliary battery pack comprising: atleast one opposite polarity magnet coupling to the at least one magnet;at least one battery configured to provide power to the at least onechip; and a positive power lead and a negative power lead configured tocouple to the accessible positive power lead and the accessible negativepower lead, respectfully, further comprising: at least one male plug,wherein at least one of the male plugs is an USB standard Male-A plug,further comprising: at least one female plug, wherein at least one ofthe female plugs is an USB Female-A plug. The apparatus furthercomprising: at least one earphone coupled to the at least one femaleplug, wherein audio is stored in at least one of the databases and thatis configured to play the audio on the at least one earphone.

Another embodiment relates to a Personal Memory Drive comprising: anoperating system; at least one database configured to store audio; abuffer interface coupled to at least one amplifier stage; a USB standardMale-A plug coupled to the at least one amplifier stage; a USB standardFemale-A plug configured to connect to the USB standard Male-A plug; adigital to analog converter coupled to the USB standard Female-A plug;and at least one headphone coupled to the digital to analog converter,wherein audio stored in at least one of the databases is configured toplay the audio on the at least one earphone.

Another embodiment relates to an Integrated Personal Memory Drive (PMD)comprising: at least one firewall segregating the integrated personalmemory drive into two or more devices; a first section comprising: aserver interface configured to couple to a personal computer (PC),another PMD, or the Internet; an operating system configured to managethe hardware and resources of the first section; at least one databaseto store and to access data shared with the Internet or a selectedgroup; a local server configured to interface to the at least onedatabase; a public search engine configured to search the at least onedatabase or the Internet; and a processing engine configured to run theoperating system; a second section comprising: a personal operatingsystem configured to manage the private hardware and private resourcesof the second section; at least one private database to store and toaccess the private data; a private server configured to interface to theat least one private database; a private search engine configured tosearch the at least one private database; and a private processingengine configured to run the personal operating system, wherein only anowner of the PMD can access the at least one private database.

Another embodiment relates to an segregated Personal Memory Drive (PMD)configured to operate in a conversation comprising: a first devicecomprising: a server interface configured to couple to a personalcomputer (PC), another PMD, or the Internet; an operating systemconfigured to manage the hardware and resources of the first device; atleast one database to store and to access data shared with the Internetor a selected group; a first speech to text convertor coupled to theInternet, wherein the first speech to text convertor is configured totranslate the conversation into a first text; a first search enginecoupled to the at least one database and configured to search in atleast one or more other databases for at least one search term extractedfrom the first text; a second device, separated from the first device,coupled to an owner comprising: a personal operating system configuredto manage the private hardware and private resources of the seconddevice; at least one private database to store and to access privatedata, wherein only the owner of the PMD can access the at least oneprivate database; a second speech to text convertor configured totranslate the conversation into a second text; a second search enginecoupled to the at least one private database and configured to search inthe at least one private database for the at least one search termextracted from the second text, wherein the search results of the firstsearch engine and the search results of the second search engine arecombined into a total search result; a text to speech convertorconfigured to convert at least one snippet of text extracted from thetotal search result to at least one snippet of speech, wherein the atleast one snippet of speech is configured to be heard by the owner,wherein the private database can be encrypted with at least one of alocked with failsafe locking software or a physical manipulation of thesecond device, wherein the first device and the second device areconfigured to couple wirelessly through at least one firewall, whereinboth devices are located near the owner, wherein the at least one searchterm extracted from the first text and the at least one search termextracted from the second text comprise at least one common term, word,thing, or item of interest.

Another embodiment relates to a method of partitioning a personalcomputer (PC) comprising the steps of: waiting until the PC is finishedbeing used; initializing the PC to an initial state; completing ahandshake between the PC and a Personal Memory Drive (PMD); downloadingsoftware from the PMD to emulate an operating system (OS); partitioningthe PC into a plurality of sections opening a corresponding number ofwindows; installing a firewall between each two interacting sections;installing a firewall between a section interfacing to the Internet andthe Internet; downloading files and software tools from the Internet toat least one of the plurality of sections; downloading public files andpublic software tools from a PMD to at least another one of theplurality of sections; downloading private files and private softwaretools from a PMD to at least yet another one of the plurality ofsections; and hovering a mouse over one of the windows providing anindication of one of the plurality of sections is active, wherein theindication is selected from the group consisting of a change in thecolor of the window, a creation of an audible sound, and a change in thecolor of text within the window.

Another embodiment relates to a method of an owner of a Personal MemoryDrive (PMD) and the PMD both responding to a conversation comprising thesteps of: listening to a dialogue of a conversation performed by theowner; thinking about a reply to the dialogue performed by the owner;configuring a speech to text device of the PMD to translate the dialogueinto text; selecting search terms from die text of the dialogueperformed by the PMD; searching in at least one database for the searchterms performed by the PMD; queuing a result of the searching into aqueue database performed by the PMD; selecting at least one snippet fromthe queue database performed by the PMD; configuring a text to speechdevice of the PMD to translate the at least one snippet into a searchresult dialogue; providing the search result dialogue to the owner;integrating at least one thought between that of thinking about thereply to the dialogue and the search result dialogue provided to theowner by the PMD; and replying to the dialogue of the conversation usinga result of integrating the at least one thought, wherein theconversation is occurring between the owner and at least one otherperson selected from the group consisting of a person sharing a roomwith the owner, a person sharing a telephone call with the owner and aperson not aware the owner is being aided by the PMD, wherein the atleast one database is selected from the group consisting of a privatedatabase available only to the owner, a public database available toother users selected by the owner and a database of the Internetavailable to anyone, wherein the at least one snippet is configured tobe heard by the owner during a period of silence in a conversation orduring a period of concentration of the owner that is sensed by a brainwave transducer that is in contact with an ear canal of the owner in thePMD, wherein the at least one snippet is configured to be generatedduring a conversation between the owner and others, wherein the PMD isinserted within the ear canal of the owner, wherein the PMD can behidden from view, wherein the PMD is configured to communicate withother PMDS, other PCs, and the Internet. The method further comprisingthe steps of: configuring at least one local search engine to search atleast one local memory, wherein the at least one local memory isconfigured to have at least one local database, wherein the at least onelocal database comprises at least one local server, further comprisingthe steps of: wirelessly interfacing to other PMDs, other PCs, and theInternet with at least one transceiver; and configuring one of moreoperating systems to manage the hardware and software resources of thesystem, provide services for computer programs, and insure that thesystem functions properly; configuring at least one transducer to sensevoltage, electromagnetic, electrochemical, electromechanical,electroacoustic, or electro-optical signals; and configuring at leastone a server interface to interface to other servers.

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Please note that the drawings shown in this specification may notnecessarily be drawn to scale and the relative dimensions of variouselements in the diagrams are depicted schematically. The disclosurespresented here may be embodied in many different forms and should not beconstrued as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, theseembodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be through andcomplete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to thoseskilled in the art. In other instances, well-known structures andfunctions have not been shown or described in detail to avoidunnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiment of thedisclosure. Cross-sectional views may be illustrated where both solidand dotted lines in conjunction with the written text convey the conceptallowing the diagrams to be easily viewed and understood.

FIG. 1A depicts a laptop communicating to a server through the Internet.

FIG. 1B shows the block diagram representation of FIG. 1A.

FIG. 2A illustrates a portable device communicating to a server throughthe Internet.

FIG. 2B presents a block diagram of the portable device that cancommunicate wirelessly.

FIG. 3 depicts the Internet communicating with wearable devices,portable devices, laptops, computers and a USB drive coupled to thelaptop or computer.

FIG. 4A shows a part of the block diagram of a USB memory stick.

FIG. 4B illustrates another part of the block diagram of a USB memorystick.

FIG. 5A depicts a partial block diagram of a Personal Memory Drive ofone embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 5B illustrates an additional block diagram of a Personal MemoryDrive of one embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 depicts a block diagram of a Personal Memory Drive incommunication with the Internet and a local device of one embodiment inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 7A depicts a cross-sectional view of a Personal Memory Drive of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 7B shows a cross-sectional view of a Personal Memory Drive ofanother embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 8A illustrates a cross-sectional view of a Personal Memory Drive ofanother embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 8B shows a cross-sectional view of a Personal Memory Drive ofanother embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 9A depicts a Personal Memory Drive coupled to a battery pack of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 9B illustrates a Personal Memory Drive coupled to a battery pack ofanother embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 10A illustrates a male-female connector coupling the PersonalMemory Drive to a headset of one embodiment in accordance with thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 10B depicts a more detailed electronic schematic of the male-femaleconnector coupling the Personal Memory Drive to a headset of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 shows the Internet communicating with wearable devices, portabledevices, laptops, computers and a USB drive coupled to the laptop orcomputer.

FIG. 13 presents the Internet communicating with wearable devices,portable devices, Personal Memory Drive, laptops, computers and aPersonal Memory Drive coupled to the laptop or computer of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 14 depicts a block diagram of the Internet interfacing to a blockdiagram of the Personal Memory Drive of one embodiment in accordancewith the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 shows a block diagram of the Internet interfacing to a blockdiagram of the Personal Memory Drive partitioned into a Public MemoryDrive and a Private Memory Drive of one embodiment in accordance withthe present disclosure.

FIG. 16A presents a block diagram of the Internet interfacing to a blockdiagram of the Personal Memory Drive partitioned into separate devices:a Public Memory Drive and a Private Memory Drive coupled by wirelesssignals of one embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 16B depicts a high level diagram of the Internet interfacing to aPC that interfaces to the Personal Memory Drive of one embodiment inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 17A shows a Personal Memory Drive coupled to a Desktop of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 17B illustrates a Personal Memory Drive coupled to a Dumb terminalof one embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 17C depicts a Personal Memory Drive coupled to a Desktoppartitioned to have a dumb terminal of one embodiment in accordance withthe present disclosure.

FIG. 17D illustrates a Personal Memory Drive coupled to a Desktopinitialized to have a dumb terminal after last use of one embodiment inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 18 depicts the different ways a Personal Memory Drive can couple tothe Internet via other devices of one embodiment in accordance with thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 19 depicts a flowchart initializing a PC and downloading an OSusing a Personal Memory Drive to access the public database of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 20 shows a flowchart initializing a PC and downloading an OS usinga Personal Memory Drive to access the different databases of anotherembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 21 illustrates a flowchart identifying if a Personal Memory Driveis in the vicinity of a PC of another embodiment in accordance with thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 22A shows a user with the entire Personal Memory Drive in the earcanal which is communicating with the Internet of another embodiment inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 22B depicts a Personal Memory Drive within the ear canal of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 23A illustrates a Personal Memory Drive partitioned into a Publicand Private Memory Drive with the Private Memory Drive within the earcanal of another embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 23B illustrates a Private Memory Drive within the ear canal of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 24A depicts a Personal Memory Drive partitioned into a Public andPrivate Memory Drive with the Private Memory Drive within eyeglasses ofone embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 24B shows a Private Memory Drive within the eyeglasses of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 25 presents a block diagram representation of the user, PrivateMemory Drive and Public Memory Drive in communication with the Internet,each other, and audio sources of one embodiment in accordance with thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 26 depicts the Private Memory Drive and Public Memory Drivecommunicating with the Internet, interpreting dialog, and responding tothe dialog of one embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 27 shows the Private Memory Drive and Public Memory Drivecommunicating with the Internet, interpreting dialog of another person,and responding to the dialog of the other person of one embodiment inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 28A presents a flowchart of the Private Memory Drive and PublicMemory Drive communicating with the Internet, interpreting dialog, andresponding to the dialog of one embodiment in accordance with thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 28B depicts a flowchart of the Private Memory Drive and PublicMemory Drive communicating with the Internet, interpreting dialog, andresponding to the dialog and selecting the best response of oneembodiment in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 29 presents the communication of two users Private Memory Drive andPublic Memory Drive communicating with the Internet, interpreting dialogof a third person, and responding to the dialog of the third person whois unaware that the two users are coupled together of one embodiment inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 30A-C depicts a flowchart the communication of two users PrivateMemory Drive and Public Memory Drive communicating with the Internet,interpreting dialog of a conversation, and responding to the dialog ofthe conversation where a person may be unaware that the two users arecoupled together of one embodiment in accordance with the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1A illustrates a notebook computer with its pathways going tothrough the Internet to a server. The notebook computer 1-1 canwirelessly interconnect to an Internet 1-27 which along the path 1-2connects up to the Internet. The Internet 1-27 has a connection 1-6 toat least one server 1-7. This path is bidirectional and allows the userof the notebook 1-1 to access the server's database for data, or tomanipulate the server.

FIG. 1B presents a more descriptive illustration of the individualcomponents that are in FIG. 1A. The entire system is in 1-8 whichcontains the notebook computer 1-1, the interface 1-21 between thecomputer and the Internet 1-27, the interface 1-23 and 1-24 between theInternet 1-18 and the set of servers A-Z 1-25. The notebook 1-1 containsa keyboard 1-13 coupled to the processor by a network 1-12, a screen1-14 coupled to the processor by interface 1-11. A communication bus1-10 coupling the processor 1-9 to the memory 1-15 and a communicationlink 1-16. The communication link 1-16 couples through thebi-directional interface 1-19 and 1-20 to the Internet 1-27. TheInternet can then couple to the servers 1-25 via the interconnect 1-24and 1-23.

FIG. 2A presents a portable hand-held device or a smart phone 2-1coupled to the Internet by 1-2. The Internet can couple to multitude ofdevices such as: servers, computers, and other wireless devices. Theportable device 2-1 is coupled to the Internet 1-27 by the interface 1-2and the Internet 1-27 is coupled to the servers 1-7 by the interface1-6. The interconnects 1-2 and 1-6 are bi-directional allowing theportable unit or smart phone 2-1 to access the servers 1-7 for data orfor the server to present data to the smart phone 2-1. The smart phonehas a display screen that currently is presenting icons of variousapplications (the array of rectangles).

FIG. 2B presents a block diagram 2-2 of the smart phone 2-1. The smartphone contains a processor 1-9 coupled by a bus 1-10 to a memory 1-15and a communication link 1-16. The processor also interfaces to a keypad1-13 through the interface 1-12 and to a screen 1-14 by the interface1-11. Also possible, the screen can present a keyboard to the user. Inaddition, the processor can have other features which allow the usereasier access to the device, as well as, providing additional input tothe smart phone. For example, the smart phone can contain a voicerecognition unit 2-3 that communicates to the processor by interface2-3. An accelerometer or a set of accelerometers 2-4 providingdirections in three dimensions can also be located within the smartphone 2-4 and coupled to the processor by interface 2-5. The touchscreen 2-7 may be a sub-set of the screen 1-14 and can be sensitive to afinger touch sending the response via interface 2-6. For audio input andoutput response, an earphone and a speaker 2-12 can couple audio to/fromthe processor by 2-13 and for visual input, a camera 2-11 can provideinput to the processor via interface 2-10. Lastly, the processor cancouple externally through a wireless means 2-9 by the interface 2-8.Additionally there can be other features within the smart phone that maynot be listed here, as for example; power supplies, batteries and othersuch units which are very typical of smart phones but not illustrated tosimplify the complexity of the diagram.

FIG. 3 shows the Internet 1-27 with various components within theInternet. These components include the communication network 3-1 whichincludes some components, such as, the intranet, WAN, and LAN. Thecommunication network is coupled to server 1-7. It is also coupled to aserver bank 1-25. The Internet is vast and contains many devices thatare not presented here. The Internet connects us all together allowingthose who have access to the Internet to share our thoughts and datawith all those who are coupled to the Internet. Various devices cancouple to the Internet 1-27. Some of these devices include eyeglasses orwearables 3-2, smart phone 2-1, desktop 3-3, laptop 1-4, and a USB flashdrive 3-4 coupled to either the desktop or the laptop.

FIG. 4A illustrates a bottom view block diagram of a memory stick 3-4.Within the memory stick, is a flash memory chip 4-2, a USB mass storagecontroller 4-1, a USB standard Male-A plug 4-8, and a right protectswitch 4-7. A top view of the memory stick is presented in FIG. 4B.Within the memory stick, there could be a second flash memory chip 4-3for additional storage, test points 4-6 to test the device, a crystaloscillator 4-4 for timing, and an LED to indicate the presence of afunction that is optional 4-5. The crystal oscillator generates asinusoidal signal that's used for timing, while the mass storagecontroller controls the memory access of the flash memory chips.

FIG. 5A depicts the bottom view of a Personal Memory Drive 5-1 thatcontains a microcontroller 5-4, a right protect switch 4-7, a multistacked flash memory chip/or flash memory chip 5-2, and at least oneantenna that can be molded into the package 5-3. The multi-stack flashmemory chip can contain several memory chips stacked on one another withwire bonds or solder bumps connecting each of the individual chipstogether within a molded package. The antenna allows for wirelessinterface communications between the Personal Memory Drive and anoutside destination.

FIG. 5B presents the top view of a Personal Memory Drive that cancontain an RF transceiver module 5-12, a DSP 5-5, crystal oscillator4-4, a multicore multiprocessor 5-6, a memory (system software) device5-7, memory (application software) 5-8, a RF power source 5-9, a camerasystem 5-11, a power source 5-10, and an LED 5-5. The RF transceivermodule interfaces with the antenna 5-3 to allow the Personal MemoryDrive to communicate with other devices wirelessly. The multicoreprocessor and the DSP work together to detect voices translate voices totext, translate text to audio, and many other applications which arerequired in order to operate the Personal Memory Drive. Some of thefeatures of this device include the ability to perform searches, controllocal computers, interact with the user, and interact with otherPersonal Memory Drives. The memory is driven by system software andapplication software. The camera system uses a CMOS camera to detectimages. This Personal Memory Drive has all the components necessary forit to behave very similar to a personal computer packed within the sizeapproximating that of a memory stick.

FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of the Personal Memory Drive 6-1. Theprocessor 1-9 which could be a multiprocessor along with the DSPmentioned earlier couples to a number of components. Some of thesecomponents include a text to speech capability 6-14, orientation sensors6-2 which allow for acceleration measurements as well providing theorientation or position of the Personal Memory Drive, a touchscreen 6-3,a RFID interface to communicate to a RFID strip 6-13, a microcontroller6-4 which can be used in conjunction with the processor, additionalmotion sensors 6-5, a voice recognition system 6-6 that works with theDSP 6-7, memory 6-8 which represents all of the memory within the chip,a database 6-7 that uses the memory to define different databases, aglobal positioning system (GPS) 6-12, a camera 6-11 and one or moretransceivers which have a transmitter/receiver coupled to antennas 6-10and 6-4. At least one transceiver 6-9 interfaces the Internet through acommunication link 6-8. The same or a second transceiver 6-3 cancommunicate with an antenna 6-4 over a communication link 5-5 to a localdevice.

A cross-sectional view of a Personal Memory Drive 6-1 is presented inFIG. 7A. The Personal Memory Drive has a multilayer board 7-3 which hastraces on it interconnecting batteries, and chips together. The battery7-10 can be a rechargeable battery wherein once the USB plug is insertedinto a PC, the battery gets recharged. In 7-4 is a stacked chipconfiguration that corresponds to the stacked memory mentioned earlier.The stacked chip configuration can contain memory, or other circuits. Inaddition there are chips 7-5 populating the multilayer board withconnections to a battery 7-10 the connections are 7-8 and 7-9 whichcouples the battery to the board and provide power to the PersonalMemory Drive. Transducers 7-12 are also coupled to the board. Thetransducers are configured to sense voltage, electromagnetic,electrochemical, electromechanical, electroacoustic, or electro-opticalsignals. Antennas 7-1 and 7-2 interfaces with the RF chips onboard toallow this device to communicate wirelessly to other devices or theInternet. The Personal Memory Drive can also store additional batteries7-11 within the cavity 7-6 which could be spring-loaded 7-7. Thesebatteries can be extracted and replaced within the battery position 7-10to ensure that power is available for the Personal Memory Drive over anextended period of time.

A second cross-sectional view of a different version of a PersonalMemory Drive 7-12 is illustrated in FIG. 7B. This Personal Memory Drivelacks the USB standard Male-A plug. One source of power will be thebattery 7-10 and battery pack 7-11. Otherwise the components within thisPersonal Memory Drive are very similar to that what was given in 6-1.

The Personal Memory Drive 8-1 presented in FIG. 8 a lacks the batteriespresented earlier. However the leads to the multilayer board to powerthe device 8-3 and 8-4 can extend from the body of the Personal MemoryDrive device. A magnet 8-8 is molded into the body of the device. Someof the chips mentioned earlier can be integrated circuits 8-2. Anotherembodiment of the Personal Memory Drive is illustrated in FIG. 8B. Thepowering system to this device is also different in that the negativepower lead 8-6 is recessed while the positive power lead 8-7 extendsabove the body of the device. Both of the devices 8-1 and 8-5 lackbatteries and require a power source. The Personal Memory Drive 8-1 canbe coupled to a PC which can provide power.

FIG. 9A illustrates how an auxiliary power battery pack 9-3 can becoupled to the Personal Memory Drive 8-1. The auxiliary battery packcontains at least one magnet 9-2 of opposite polarity that is matched inpattern to the magnets positioned on the Personal memory drive. Therecessed power contacts 9-4 and 9-5 couple to the extended powercontacts 8-3 and 8-4. The opposite poles of the magnet attracts theauxiliary battery pack to the Personal Memory Drive and the positioningof the power leads allows the extended components of the power leads onthe Personal Memory Drive to fit within the recessed regions of theauxiliary battery pack such that the power from the battery pack can beapplied to the Personal Memory Drive. In FIG. 9B, a battery pack 9-1couples to the Personal Memory Drive 8-5. One of the power suppliedleads is recessed while the second one is extended. This allows batterypack to interface to the Personal Memory Drive where the negativeconnection 9-6 of the battery pack and the positive connection 9-7interfaces with the corresponding power supply leads of the PersonalMemory Drive 8-5. Many other positions and locations for the magnets andpower leads are possible.

The Personal Memory Drive systems can be used for many differentfunctions. One embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10A presents the PersonalMemory Drive being used to provide music to a pair of headsets 10-3. Theheadset can be wired to a USB standard female—a plug 10-4 which couplesto the USB standard mail a plug 5-8. The USB standard pin assignment isillustrated in 10-1. The footprint 10-2 illustrates a positiveconnection, a data negative connection, the data positive connection,and a negative power supply. In FIG. 10B, a schematic diagram of theinterface to the right headphone 10-7 and the left headphone 10-8 ispresented. Within the Personal Memory Drive 8-1 the operating system10-9 interfaces with the buffer interface 10-10 and present the audiodatabase containing music, voice, etc. to the headset. The bufferinterface provides a left and right channel of the audio signal which isprovided to an amplifier 10-11. The amplifiers in 10-11 are differentialand provide an output signal through the male plug 10-2 on the positiveand negative leads. The male plug interfaces to the female plug andprovides the audio signals to a digital to analog converter 10-6. Theanalog signal exiting from the D/A 10-6 is applied to the right and leftheadphone's. This allows the operating system of the Personal MemoryDrive to manipulate the audio signal stored within the memory devicesand present that audio signal to the user on the right and leftheadphones providing the user with audio.

FIG. 12 shows the Internet 1-27 with the various components within theInternet. These components include the communication network 3-1 whichincludes the intranet, Internet, WAN, and LAN. The communication networkis coupled to server 1-7. It is also coupled to a server bank 1-25.Various devices can couple to the Internet 1-27. Some of these devicesinclude eyeglasses or wearables 3-2, smart phone 2-1, desktop 3-3,laptop 1-1, and a USB flash drive 3-4 coupled to either the desktop orthe laptop. The conventional USB Flash drive couples to a computationdevice such as a desktop or laptop to store data or provide data to thecomputation device (laptop, desktop, or some type of computer). Theflask drive does not communicate directly with the Internet.

FIG. 13 shows the Internet 1-27 with the various components within theInternet similar to that shown in FIG. 12. The exception being that thePersonal Memory Drive 8-1 can connect directly to the Internet 1-27. Inaddition, the Personal Memory Drive 8-1 can couple to either a desktop3-3 or the laptop 1-1 through communication links 13-1 and 13-2,respectively. The Personal Memory Drive 8-8 communicates over the link13-3 with the Internet. The wireless interface of the Personal MemoryDrive 8-1 is not limit the communication link to a laptop or desktopsince the wireless link and the operating system within allows thePersonal Memory Drive to communicate with the Internet. In addition, thewireless capability allows the Personal Memory Drive to communicate witha smart phone 2-1, or eyeglasses or wearable devices 3-2 and any otherelectronic device that a user may use although it is not illustrated inthis particular figure.

FIG. 14 illustrates a block diagram of the Internet 1-27 interfacingthrough a personal computer (PC) 14-2 via the links 14-3 and 14-1 orcommunicating directly with the Personal Memory Drive 9-1 via link 13-3.These links are typically wireless interfaces and can carrycommunications in the bidirectional direction. The Internet 1-27 cancontain a multitude of search engines 14-4, a bank of servers 1-25,various databases 14-6, and additional storage capabilities 14-5. ThePersonal Memory Drive 8-1 can contain a local search engine 14-7, with alocal server 14-11, having a database 14-12, with at least one memory14-13, transceivers 14-15 to interface wirelessly, one of more operatingsystems 14-10, a server interface 14-9, and a processing engine 14-8.The server interface 14-9 allows the Personal Memory Drive to coupledirectly to the Internet. The operating system 14-10 is flexible andallows the Personal Memory Drive to communicate directly 13-3 with theInternet or couple to a local PC 14-2 through a communication link 14-1which is a wireless connection formed by one of the transceivers 14-15.The memory 14-13 can be composed of various types of memories that arewell known in the art such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, DRAM, contentaddressable memory, DDR SDRAM's, or SRAM's. The transducers are devicesthat sense or create a presence of the signal. These transducers can beelectromagnetic such as antennas, Hall effect sensors, magnetic tapeinterfaces. The transducers can be electrodes measuring voltage (forexample, brain waves); electrochemical sensing chemicals in theenvironment; can be electromechanical measuring strain, touch,acceleration, position, or airflow. The transducers can beelectroacoustic such as an earphone, a loudspeaker, microphone,piezoelectric crystal, or an ultrasonic component. In addition thetransducer can be electro-optical which would include light emittingdiodes, laser diodes, photo resistors and photo transistors. Thetransceivers can be used to communicate using various protocols of theIEEE. Some of these would be the 802.11, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiGig, 3G,4G, 5G or LTE. The local search engine will be used to search the memoryor databases within the Personal Memory Drive. The memory 14-13 can bepartitioned into various databases 14-12 that can interface with theoperating system 14-10. The local search engine 14-7 can be used tosearch the databases as they are partitioned within the Personal MemoryDrive. The processing engine can be a microprocessor, a multi-coremicroprocessor, a microprocessor with an embedded DSP, or amicroprocessor with an memory access device.

FIG. 15 illustrates a further refined block diagram of the PersonalMemory Drive. The Personal Memory Drive has been divided into a PublicMemory Drive and a Private Memory Drive. Both of these memory drives areintegrated within the Personal Memory Drive 8-1. The Public Memory Driveis shared with the Internet while the Private Memory Drive is notdirectly shared with the Internet and typically shielded from theInternet by a firewall 15-5 and the Public Memory Drive. The PublicMemory Drive contains a public search engine 15-2, transceivers 15-3,can have a display interface 15-4, similar components as presentedearlier, such as, the local server, memory, databases, a serverinterface, and operating system, and a processing engine. The PrivateMemory Drive can contain a private search engine 15-7, privateserver-eight, a private memory 15-9, a private database 15-10, a privateprocessing engine 15-6, and a personal operating system 15-11.Transducers 15-12 can be shared within the Personal Memory Drive 8-11.The firewall 15-5 segregates the Public Memory Drive from the PrivateMemory Drive. This allows the Private Memory Drive with its privatecomponents to be isolated from the Public Memory Drive and furtherisolated from the Internet. The Private Memory Drive is geared to bemodeled after the user who owns the Private Memory Drive. These are someof the memories that the user wants to keep intact and only known to theuser. The private database and private memory store information of theuser that the user may not want known to any other user. The firewall15-5 helps to isolate the private section from the public section. ThePublic Memory Drive, however, interfaces to the Internet and to thePrivate Memory Drive.

The Personal Memory Drive has been segregated in FIG. 16A into twoseparate units or devices. The Public Memory Drive 16-1 interfaces thePrivate Memory Drive 16-2 to other devices, the local PCs, and to theInternet. The Public Memory Drive 16-1 has a local wireless interface16-6 to the Private Memory Drive. The Private Memory Drive 16-2 containsa firewall to its partner 16-7 a private memory 16-8, a local searchengine 16-9 possibly a local display interface 16-10, and some of theprevious components the Private Memory Drive section contained such asthe private local server, transducers, private database, the personaloperating system, and the private processing engine. The Public MemoryDrive 16-1 contains its own local search engine 16-3, and similarcomponents contained when both devices were combined. These include thelocal server, transducers, display interface, database, memories,transceivers, operating system, and the processing engine. The firewallto the private device 16-5 interfaces wirelessly to the firewall topartner 16-7 allowing access to the Private Memory Drive. The PublicMemory Drive can interface to other devices overall wireless interface16-4, communicate to local PCs wirelessly or through a USB connector (ifpresent), or communicate wirelessly to the Internet. Each device has itsown operating system and can be tailored to the individual user.

FIG. 16B depicts a higher level perspective of how the Private MemoryDrive 16-2 can be coupled to a Public Memory Drive 16-1 performing as aPC. The Public Memory Drive 16-1 has all the components to make thiscomponent behave as a personal computer. Here the Internet 1-27 couplesto the Public Memory Drive 16-1. The Public Memory Drive behaving as aPC also can interface to other PCs and other devices. The Private MemoryDrive 16-2 is shared over a local wireless transfer 16-6 to the PublicMemory Drive.

FIG. 17A illustrates a desktop 3-3 with additional flexibility whencoupled to a Personal Memory Drive. The desktop interfaces to thePersonal Memory Drive 8-1 where the Personal Memory Drive can interactwith the operating system of the desktop to allow the desktop to becomemore personalized to the user of the Personal Memory Drive. The desktopis modified according to instructions provided by the Personal MemoryDrive. In FIG. 17 B, the Personal Memory Drive can interface directlywith a dumb terminal 17-1 to make the dumb terminal behave as apersonalized desktop that can interface with other PCs are with theInternet. If a first user removes his Personal Memory Drive from thedumb terminal, and a second user places his Personal Memory Drive intothe dumb terminal, the dumb terminal is tailored to the second userwhere the dumb terminal becomes tailored to each one of the users. FIG.17C illustrates a desktop partitioned to have a dumb terminal 17-2. ThePersonal Memory Drive interfaces to the dumb terminal and modifies thedesktop becoming a personalized desktop for the user. FIG. 17Dillustrates another personalized desktop. In this case, the desktopinitializes to a dumb terminal after its last use 17-3. When a userleaves and removes their Personal Memory Drive, the desktop initializesto a dumb terminal waiting until a new user arrives. Each time a newuser enters their Personal Memory Drive into the desktop, the desktopinitializes and removes all previous conditions, if not done already,becoming a dumb terminal allowing the Personal Memory Drive that isbeing inserted or coupled wirelessly to the unit to respond to thecommands of the Personal Memory Drive causing the desktop to becomepersonalized after automatically being initialized when the last userremove their Personal Memory Drive device from the desktop.

FIG. 18 illustrates the Internet 1-27 coupling with the various versionsof desktops mentioned earlier after being coupled to a Personal MemoryDrives. For the wireless connection 18-1, the desktop coupled to thePersonal Memory Drive creates a personalized desktop coupled to theInternet. On the bidirectional connection 18-2, the dumb terminal iscontrolled by the Personal Memory Drive. The dumb terminal becomes theequivalent of the user's computer that he may have at home. The dumbterminal is tailored to have the entire interface and operating system(iOS, Windows, Linux) after being coupled to the Personal Memory Drive.Over the communication link 18-3, a desktop partitioned to have a dumbterminal is coupled to a Personal Memory Drive 18-3 over a secondinterconnect 18-5. In addition, the same Personal Memory Drive cancouple directly to the Internet over the interconnect 18-4. In the upperright, a desktop that is initialized to a dumb terminal after its lastuse communicates with a Personal Memory Drive over the interface 188.The personal drive can communicate directly with the Internet over theinterface 18-7 and if there's an agreement between the two PersonalMemory Drives, the two memories can exchange information over the link18-6.

FIG. 19 illustrates a flow chart of how a Personal Memory Drive can beused to initialize a PC. The Personal Memory Drive starts at 19-1, thenit proceeds to see if the PC is being used 19-2. If it is, wait 19-3 andcheck again. If not, at this point, the PC is initialized 19-4. Theinitialization process can be controlled by the PC knowing that thePersonal Memory Drive has been removed by the previous owner and causesthe PC to forget any transactions that occurred in the previoushandshake. All databases associated with the previous handshake areerased and replaced with initial values; any applications (APPS) thatwere downloaded are removed; the PC is returned to a state that isequivalent to a newly purchased PC (the PC also has an improvedperformance); all memories (electronic or magnetic), or references to,that were written in the previous handshake can overwritten with randomdata. The registries are deleted. The handshake is a protocol whereinthe Personal Memory Drive and the PC recognize the presence of eachother. After the completion of the handshake, both devices have all thenecessary data to from and establish a communication channel. Afterinitialization, a handshake with a new Personal Memory Drive can occur19-6. Wait 19-5 until handshake is complete. The newly inserted PersonalMemory Drive of the new user downloads software to emulate the requestedoperating system desired by the user 19-7. The registries are set withnew data to function the PC as the new owner desires based on thecontents of the Personal Memory Drive. The operating system can be iOS,windows, Linux or any OS the user has stored in their Personal MemoryDrive. The PC can be partitioned into a public and private section 19-8and doing so a firewall is installed between the public and privateoperating systems within the PC 19-9. Files are downloaded from theInternet which mount software tools to the public portion of the PC19-10 and the firewall is installed between the public PC and theInternet 19-11. Public files and applications residing on the PublicMemory Drive of the Personal Memory Drive are downloaded to the publicportion of the PC 19-12. The private portion of the PC is thendownloaded with encrypted personal files and applications from thePrivate Memory Drive of the Personal Memory Drive 19-13. The PC now isbehaving under the control of the Personal Memory Drive and hascharacteristics that the user implemented into the Personal Memory Drivewhich is currently reflected in the operating system that has beentemporarily installed on the PC. Visual cues are provided on the displayof the PC that shows which database (Internet, local, or private) isbeing operated on. The user searches for the mouse on the screen 19-14and places the mouse in one of the window portions and if the screenturns a certain color, the color can be related to the database type.For example, if the window portion becomes green 19-15, this allows theuser to work on the Internet database 19-20. By hovering the mouse overa portion of the screen having a different color, for example, yellow19-16, then the user can work on the public database 19-19. The publicdatabase can be available to other users who are selected by the user.By moving the mouse are hovering the mouse over yet another color, forexample, red 19-17, then the user would be working on files or memorydatabase corresponding to the private database 19-18. The privatedatabase is available only to the user. If the user is not the done19-21, the user can move into the different regions on the displayscreen to perform different functions on the different partitions withinthe Personal Memory Drive or on a database within the Internet.Otherwise, if the user is finished they can end the function and move toA. Other ways of displaying access to the database can include text,sounds, to print the status of which database is being operated on.

FIG. 20 is another flowchart which shows the interaction between thePersonal Memory Drive and the PC. This interaction is different than theinteraction provided in FIG. 19, wherein the block 20-1 can directlyaccess all software tools mounted on the Internet from either the publicor the private portion of the PC. In addition this interface candirectly access the private files on the private database in the PrivateMemory Drive 20-3 and this can be done directly from the keyboard of thePC. The firewalls that have been installed in blocks 19-9 and 19-11contain all of the necessary software to ensure that the integrity ofthe system is maintained such that the private portion of the PC ismaintained private.

The flowchart in FIG. 21 illustrates how a PC is initialized when aPersonal Memory Drive senses a PC in its environment. At start 21-1, theprocess flows to is Personal Memory Drive in vicinity of PC 21-2. Ifnot, wait 21-3. Otherwise, determine if the PC acknowledges the PMD 21-4and wait 21-5 if the PC does not acknowledge. In 21-6, it's determinedif the PC is in current use and if so wait 21-7, otherwise, find if thePC is initialized 21-8. Typically, the PC self-initiates after theprevious user leaves, but if the PC has not been initialized, thendelete all previous firewalls 21-9 public portion of the PC 21-11, thenmoved to 21-13. Is the PC back in its original native layer, if notmoved to 21-10 and repeat previous steps. If the original native layerexists on the PC, select the operating system to install 21-14 and startthe sequence of downloading Personal Memory Drive components onto the PC21-15.

FIG. 22A illustrates the Personal Memory Drive inserted into an earcanal of a user 22-2. The Personal Memory Drive is in contact with theInternet 1-27 through the bi-directional communication link 21-1.Integrate circuit continue to follow Moore's law of scaling allowing agreater density of circuit to be embedded into the integrated circuit.This integration allows for the miniaturization of the Personal MemoryDrive. In FIG. 22B, the Personal Memory Drive 8-1 is illustratedinserted inside of the ear canal. The Personal Memory Drive can beembedded into the ear canal such that it may not be visible to others.

FIG. 23A presents a partitioned Personal Memory Drive where the PrivateMemory Drive is inserted into the air canal of user 22-2 while thePublic Memory Drive 16-1 is placed within a pocket of the user. ThePublic Memory Drive can have an electronic complexity that can be foundin the smart phone. The device can be placed on the wrist much as awristwatch and has an wireless interface using the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi orsome other IEEE standard communicating to the Private Memory Drive.Between the Public Memory Drive 16-1 and a Private Memory Drive thecommunication link 23-1 is illustrated. And between the Public MemoryDrive and the Internet 1-27 is another communication link 22-1. FIG. 23Billustrates the Private Memory Drive 16-2 inserted inside the ear canalof the user.

FIG. 24 a presents as similar diagram as discussed in FIG. 23 with theexception that the Private Memory Drive is embedded in a pair ofeyeglasses. The Public Memory Drive 16-1 located in the pocket andcommunicates to the pair of eyeglasses by the communication link 23-1and as illustrated in FIG. 24B, the frame of the eyeglasses 24-1contains the Private Memory Drive where the transducer, in this example,creates a vibration and sends the audio through the bone and flesh ofthe user 22-2 to the tympanic membrane.

FIG. 25 presents one embodiment of a block diagram equivalent to that ofFIG. 23A or FIG. 24A. The Public Memory Drive 16-1 contains transducerssuch as a speaker and a microphone and has an internal server thatcommunicates with the Internet 1-27 using the RF communication. ThePublic Memory Drive also communicates with the Private Memory Drive 16-2through the RF interface 23-1. The person is represented by the dottedbox 22-2 which contains their mind 25-1, the mouth 25-2, and the ear25-3. The Private Memory Drive also contains transducers of a speakerand a microphone where the speaker generates sound 25-6 that is coupledto the user's ear 25-3. When the user speaks from his mouth 25-2, thesound 25-7 goes to the ear and also to the microphone of the PrivateMemory Drive 16-2. The mind sends messages to the mouth via 25-5 andreceives input from the ear on 25-4. Externally there's an audio sink25-12 which is receiving the sound 25-8 made by the user and the audiosink can also have an audio source 25-13 which emits audio along 25-9 tothe ear, along 25-10 to the microphone of the Private Memory Drive, anda long path 25-11 to the microphone of the Public Memory Drive. Theaudio of the conversation between the user 22-2 and the external audiosink and source which can represent one or more individuals and is allcaptured by both the Private Memory Drive in the Public Memory Drive.The information that's captured is analyzed with internal and externalsearch engines to search for new information from the snippets which iseventually provided to the Private Memory Drive such that speakergenerates the newly found information along audio path 25-6 to the earof the user allowing the user to the process the new information anddecide how to integrate this new information into what the user may wantto incorporate into the conversation. The audio path 25-6 is not heardby others.

A higher level representation of FIG. 25 is illustrated in FIG. 26. Theperson 22-2 is listening 26-3 to the dialogue of a conversation.Simultaneously, the Private Memory Drive 16-2 is converting the dialogue26-2 into text while the Public Memory Drive 16-1 is also converting thedialogue 26-1 into text. Internal searches are performed in the PrivateMemory Drive and the Public Memory Drive where in addition the textafter being analyzed is sent along the communication link 21-1 to theInternet for further search analysis where the search results arereturned to the Public Memory Drive. The Public Memory Drive afteranalyzing the information sends content along the link 23-1 to thePrivate Memory Drive which combines all search results and providesinformation to the user 22-2. The user can receive this informationduring periods of silence, or controlled by the user using brain wavescoupled to the Private Memory Drive to provide the information to theuser when the user is cognizant of the conversation that is ongoing andcapable of receiving the information from the Private Memory Drivewithout interfering with his ability to continue the conversation. Theuser can also receive this information while the conversation isongoing, in this case, the user will have to turn attention to hearingthe snippets and may lose some details of the ongoing conversation. Theuser can listen to several snippets in this case. After analyzing theinformation, the user can make a decision of incorporating the newlyfound information with the conversation that the user one of presentedand responding 26-4 to the ongoing communication.

The snippets go into the queue from the top of the queue. As thesnippets are written into the queue, new snippets are placed on top,unless the previous snippet was accessed, and push the existing snippetslower in the queue. The queue stores a history of the conversation wherethe most recent portion of the conversation is on top of the queue.Those snippets lower in the queue contain information from an earlierportion of the conversation. The queue is a database holding snippetsthat were determined to be very pertinent to the conversation.Sometimes, the conversation reverts to a previous topic. The queue isone of the databases that is also searched when terms are extracted fromthe conversation. The snippets in the queue when extracted during asearch of the queue database would have a very high rank increasing thelikelihood that the snippets will be presented to the user if theconversation reverts to an earlier topic. Otherwise, depending on thecontent of the conversation, the snippets are popped off the top of thequeue since these snippets would be more relevant to the ongoingconversation.

A higher level diagram of FIG. 26 is presented in FIG. 27. The user 22-2also has access to both Public Memory Drive 16-1 and the Private MemoryDrive 16-2. The Public Memory Drive interfaces with the Internet 1-26over the link 22-1. In addition, the Public Memory Drive and the PrivateMemory Drive interface with a at least one person in the conversationwith dialogue 27-3 to the individual or receiving dialogue 27-1 from theindividual. The Public Memory Drive and Private Memory Drives can behidden on the user 22-2 such that the at least one person in theconversation is unaware that the user 22-2 is being aided by searchinformation from various databases.

A flowchart illustrating one embodiment of how the system in FIG. 27operates is presented in FIG. 28A. Beginning at start 21-1, the systembranches into two directions. Any dialogue is converted from speech totext device 28-4 and stored in a speech database 28-5, while thePersonal Memory Drive compares the dialogue against its speech database28-6. Search terms are selected from key words and phrases in thedialogue 28-7 and these search terms can be applied to three differentsearch engines operating on three different databases. Each of the threedatabase searches can be selectable. A decision to perform a PrivateMemory Drive is made at private database search 28-8, where the privatedatabase may or may not be searched for the terms. The Public MemoryDrive can have a public database search 28-9 performed, if selected.Finally, the Internet 28-10 can be searched for the terms, if desired.The search can be made using any one of the databases, any two of thedatabases, or all databases. For example, a Public database and Internetsearch for the terms can be made bypassing the Private database search,or a search of only the Private database can be made bypassing thePublic database and the Internet search. Whatever combination ofdatabases are selected to be searched, the results are collectedtogether and placed in a queue 28-11. The queue contains the resultsfrom the selected database searches and these results can containsnippets of the search results. The queue can be a memory or a queuedatabase configured from one or more memories. These snippets of thesesearch results can be analyzed 28-12 to determine if the response to thedialogue is sent to the user 28-13. One of the many analysis results canreturn the top search result snippet (in the number 1 position) or oneof the results within the top three, for example. In this case, thealgorithm of the search engine is used to determine the “best” resultfor the given search term or terms. If a best result is selected, theresults are applied to the transducer of the Private Memory Driveallowing the person or user to hear the results 28-16. If the responseis not presented to the user, the queue is determined to see if it'sempty 28-14. If not, analyze the next result, otherwise, send the beepor vibration to the user letting the user know that the search result sofar as unsatisfactory. Once the user hears a search result, the user canintegrate this snippet with his thoughts using the response from thesearch 28-17 and use that response to add to the dialogue 28-18. If thedialogue is not over 28-19, moved to 28-33 and repeat the process.Otherwise, if the conversation is over and 28-30 the process.

The decision to search the various databases can be set when start 28-1begins. There may be instances when the discussion may pertain to anarea that one is well versed in and the need for performing the Privatedatabase search may not be necessary since the individual is alreadyknowledgeable in the area. Another case is where the user may have builtand accumulated a significant database in their Public database and theuser feels that this database would contain sufficient data, therebyeliminating the need for the Private and Internet database search.Another case is where two users want to share the knowledge of each oftheir Public database but none of their Private databases as will beseen when FIG. 30A-C is discussed.

FIG. 28B illustrates another embodiment of the flowchart. The processflow is very similar to the previous diagram except once when theanalyzing results 28-12 is entered. At this point, the answer is scored28-31. Then, the answer is determined to see of its related to thedialogue 28-13 by comparing terms from the ongoing speech to termsextracted from the search. If the match between these comparisons ishigh, the search result appears to be related to the ongoingconversation. If so, the best answer 28-32 is forwarded to the person.Otherwise the process remains the same, where if the queue is not empty,the move to the queue 28-11 and continue the analysis. Once the userhears the best answer 28-16, the process continues as described in theprevious diagram.

FIG. 29 depicts two individuals 22-2 and 29-1 each having a PersonalMemory Drive hidden and in communication with each other unknown toperson #2 27-1. Basically, the two users that are equipped with thePersonal Memory Drive are receiving information from the Internet aswell as their own personal databases while the dialogue of the group isoccurring. This additional information can be advantageously used by thetwo users that are equipped with the Personal Memory Drives. FIG. 29 isvery similar to FIG. 27 with the addition of the additional person #329-1. The additional person #3 29-1 introduces some new communicationpaths such as the dialogue between user 22-2 and 29-1 illustrated by thedialogue arrows 29-5 and 29-6. In addition, the Private Memory Drivesmay be communicating via RF along the communication path 29-4, while thePublic Memory Drives can communicate via RF along the communication path29-2. The Public Memory Drive of 29-1 communicates to the Internet via29-3. And a new dialogue path opens between the new person #3 29-1 andthe person #2 27-1 via the dialogue arrows 29-7 and 29-8. The person 4227-1 is unaware that the other two people (#1 and #3) in theconversation are coupled to each other and or to the Internet orInternet. Such a connection, provides advantages to the two users ofperson #1 and #3 22-2 and 29-1 particularly if this is a businesstransaction. For example, stock prices and other considerations can bepresented to these two users in the conversation without the knowledgeof person #2 27-1 knowing.

FIG. 30A illustrates one embodiment of a flowchart describing FIG. 29.When all three meet to start a dialogue at start 30-1, the discussion isinterpreted by the Personal Memory Drives held by person #one and person#two 30-2 and 30-9. Simultaneously, search results are performed byfollowing the path “to A” which is found in FIG. 30B. The speech to textin person #one 30-24 is stored into a speech database #one 30-25. Inaddition the speech to text in person #two 30-17 is stored in speechdatabase #two 30-18. The Personal Memory Drive of person #two comparesthe dialogue against speech database #two 30-19 and searches for termsselected from the keywords or phrases in the dialogue 30-20.Simultaneously, the Personal Memory Drive of person #one compares thedialogue against speech database #one 30-26 and search for termsselected from the keywords or phrases in the dialogue 30-27. Thedecision to search any of the three databases for person #two is carriedout in their private database 30-21, the public database 30-22, and theInternet search 30-23. The decision to search any of the three databasesfor person #one is carried out in their private database 30-28, thepublic database 30-29, and the Internet search 30-30. The processresults for each of the searches moves “to D” and “to C” respectively inFIG. 30C. The results “from D” and “from E” are applied to a queue 30-31where an analysis is performed 30-32 and the results of the analysisdetermines a score 30-33. If the answer is related to the dialogue 30-34send the best answer of #two 30-36 to “to B” and if the answer isrelated to the dialogue 30-34 send the best answer of #one 30-37 to “toC”. If not, and the queue is not empty 30-35 return to the queue 30-31and repeat the process for each person #one or #two. Otherwise, selectthe best answer 30-36 and 30-37, and return to FIG. 30A.

In FIG. 30A, the results from search #one 30-15 are shared with person#two 30-13 and the results from search #two are shared with person #one30-5. After person #one interprets the dialogue 30-2, the dialogue isstored into database 30-2A while person one is thinking about a reply30-3. Simultaneously, person #two after interpreting the dialogue 30-9is also thinking about a reply 30-11 while the dialogue is stored indatabase #two of person #two database 30-10. All this is going onsimultaneously while results are being analyzed by the Personal MemoryDrives of their own system and the system of their partner. Person #oneintegrates his thoughts with the response from search engine #one 30-4while person #two integrates his thoughts with the response from searchengine two 30-12. Person #one hears results of the search engine #two30-5 and person #two hears results of search engine #one 30-13. Nowperson #one and person #two can use eye contact 30-6 to indicate howthey should respond where the winning person from the eye contactresponse replies to the dialogue 13-7. If the dialogue is over 30-8, theprocess ends 30-8A.

Finally, it is understood that the above description are onlyillustrative of the principle of the current disclosure. Variousalterations, improvements, and modifications will occur and are intendedto be suggested hereby, and are within the spirit and scope of thedisclosure. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many differentforms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments setforth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that thedisclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey thescope of the disclosure to those skilled in the arts. It is understoodthat the various embodiments of the disclosure, although different, arenot mutually exclusive. The data from the memory can be translated intodisplay data by the processor. The microprocessor could also be a DSP,microcontroller, multi-core processor, or any comparable computationalunit. In accordance with these principles, those skilled in the art maydevise numerous modifications without departing from the spirit andscope of the disclosure. A wireless link can be established using theprotocols of IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, 3G, 4G, or LTE. The wireless linkcan be established with a smart phone, tablet, computer, or wearableelectronics.

What is claimed is:
 1. A Personal Memory Drive for a conversationcomprising: a personal memory drive coupled to an owner; wherein thepersonal memory drive is configured to transmit search terms extractedfrom the conversation to at least one database and is configured toreceive search results from the at least one database; and a text tospeech translator configured to convert the search results to a searchresult speech, wherein of the search result speech, at least one snippetis configured to be heard by the owner.
 2. The apparatus of claim 1,wherein the snippet is configured to be generated during theconversation between the owner and others.
 3. The apparatus of claim 1,wherein the snippet is configured to be heard by the owner during aperiod of silence in the conversation or during a period ofconcentration of the owner that is sensed by a brain wave transducer inthe personal memory drive that is in contact with an ear canal of theowner.
 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal memory drive isinserted within an ear canal of the owner, wherein the personal memorydrive can be hidden from view.
 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein theat least one database is selected from the group consisting of a privatedatabase available only to the owner, a public database available toother users selected by the owner and an Internet database available toanyone.
 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal memory driveis configured to communicate with other personal memory drives owned byother users, other PCs, and the Internet.
 7. The apparatus of claim 1,further comprising: at least one local search engine configured tosearch at least one local memory, wherein the at least one local memoryis configured to have at least one local database; and at least onelocal server serving the at least one local database.
 8. The apparatusof claim 1, wherein a dialogue of the conversation is heard by theowner; a reply to the dialogue is thought out by the owner afterintegrating both the dialogue and the at least one snippet from thetotal search speech, wherein the reply is added to the conversation bythe owner.
 9. A Personal Memory Drive (PMD) comprising: a private memorydrive coupled to an owner; and a public memory drive wirelessly coupledto the private memory drive, wherein the public memory drive isconfigured to transmit search terms to the Internet extracted from aconversation and is configured to receive global search results from theInternet, wherein the public memory drive is configured to transmit thesearch terms to a public database and is configured to receive publicsearch results from the public database, wherein the private memorydrive is configured to transmit the search terms to a private databaseand is configured to receive private search results from the privatedatabase, wherein the public and global search results received by thepublic memory drive are transmitted to the private memory drive, whereinall search results are combined into a total search result; and a textto speech translator configured to convert the total search result to atotal search speech, wherein of the total search speech, at least onesnippet is configured to be heard by the owner.
 10. The apparatus ofclaim 9, wherein the snippet is configured to be generated during theconversation between the owner and others.
 11. The apparatus of claim 9,wherein the snippet is configured to be heard by the owner during aperiod of silence in the conversation or during a period ofconcentration of the owner that is sensed by a brain wave transducerthat is in contact with an ear canal of the owner in the personal memorydrive.
 12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the private memory drive isinserted within an ear canal of the owner, wherein the private memorydrive can be hidden from view.
 13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein theconversation is occurring between the owner and at least one otherperson selected from the group consisting of a person sharing a roomwith the owner, a person sharing a telephone call with the owner and aperson not aware the owner is being aided by the PMD.
 14. The apparatusof claim 9, wherein the personal memory drive is configured tocommunicate with other personal memory drives owned by other users,other PCs, and the Internet.
 15. The apparatus of claim 9, furthercomprising: at least one local search engine configured to search atleast one local memory, wherein the at least one local memory isconfigured to have at least one local database; and at least one localserver serving the at least one local database.
 16. The apparatus ofclaim 9, wherein a dialogue of the conversation is heard by the owner, areply to the dialogue is thought out by the owner after integrating boththe dialogue and the at least one snippet from the total search speech,wherein the reply is added to the conversation by the owner.
 17. Amethod of an owner of a Personal Memory Drive (PMD) and the PMD bothresponding to a conversation comprising the steps of: listening to adialogue of a conversation performed by the owner; thinking about areply to the dialogue performed by the owner; configuring a speech totext device of the PMD to translate the dialogue into text; selectingsearch terms from the text of the dialogue performed by the PMD;searching in at least one database for the search terms performed by thePMD; queuing a result of the searching into a queue database performedby the PMD; selecting at least one snippet from the queue databaseperformed by the PMD; configuring a text to speech device of the PMD totranslate the at least one snippet into a search result dialogue;providing the search result dialogue to the owner; integrating at leastone thought between that of thinking about the reply to the dialogue andthe search result dialogue provided to the owner by the PMD; andreplying to the dialogue of the conversation using a result ofintegrating the at least one thought.
 18. The method of claim 17,wherein the conversation is occurring between the owner and at least oneother person selected from the group consisting of a person sharing aroom with the owner, a person sharing a telephone call with the ownerand a person not aware the owner is being aided by the PMD.
 19. Themethod of claim 17, wherein the at least one database is selected fromthe group consisting of a private database available only to the owner,a public database available to other users selected by the owner and adatabase of the Internet available to anyone
 20. The method of claim 17,wherein the at least one snippet is configured to be heard by the ownerduring a period of silence in a conversation or during a period ofconcentration of the owner that is sensed by a brain wave transducerthat is in contact with an ear canal of the owner in the PMD.